All grown up! Aubrey!

Our Great Niece Aubrey graduated from High School this past weekend!  Sadly we were not able to travel to her party on Saturday.  My sister Julie and Jen and Andy were able to go.  It is about a 6 1/2 hour drive for us and I am not able to travel that far at the moment. 

August of 2010 when she was just a couple of months over two tears old. 

AND now she has graduated from High School!   Photo used with permission from Katie.

We will be seeing her this next week.  She is having another big surgery in the Cities on Thursday...when she was born in 2008 she had a bilateral cleft lip and palate and has had many surgeries since then.  I am not sure what # this surgery is ...12th maybe... one of these times we hope she can put all the surgeries behind her!    

Prayers are always appreciated  for this lovely young lady and her team of Doctors. 

You got this Aubrey!!

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Preschool Milestone

 The smile says it all.   Preschool is behind our oldest Great Granddaughter Cee Cee...onward and forward to Kindergarten in the Fall.  

Photos by Maddie. 

What a great graduation cap! 

Cee Cee will be a big sister again this Summer before going off to full day Kindergarten in the Fall. 

Do you recall...back in the day?  Kindergarten was either mornings or afternoons every day or sometimes on a Full Day M W F one week and T Th the next week it was hard to keep track of.   

Congratulations Cee Cee you made it! 

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More Graduates!

 Our great nephew and great niece graduated on Sunday.  Their parties will be in June on different days.  We can go out for lunch twice! 

Hailey and Mason 

* Photo by Stacey (Hailey's Mom and used with permission)

It was a warm day for the graduation ceremony outside.   These children are cousins.  They are both my other baby brother and she who sees robins first Grands.  Hailey is Grand # 3 and Mason Grand #4  ( 15 total so we have lots of graduation parties to attend.)

We are very proud of these wonderful kids...Mason is going to school to be a Diesel Mechanic and Hailey will pursue a degree in Forestry.  Mason lives just across the road from us and Hailey lives nearby. 

Congratulations Mason and Hailey...job well done!

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Road Trip to Graduation

 Last Sunday we took off from Andy and Jen's home and drove three hours west to a Graduation party for some special boys who we love very much.  (My other baby brother and she who sees robins first twin grandsons who used to live next door to us.)

Driver and co pilot

All we had to do is sit back relax and enjoy the never ending flat land in North Dakota.

 

My baby brother sent us this photo...we did not go to the ceremony ...just the party with great food afterwards!  

Long time blog readers may recall these little boys that are all grown up.  Jordan is headed to school to be a Diesel Mechanic and Gavin begins training to be an Electrician. 

Congratulations!! 

Seems like only yesterday they were little boys next door learning to love dogs.  (Chance helped with that)

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Paige Graduates!

 Paige graduated on Friday afternoon from the North Dakota State College of Science.  She completed her course of study as a Dental Hygienist. Onward and forward to adulting!

It was a two hour drive, we sat outside the Pub and watched the Graduation Ceremony online.

The place where Paige has worked for the past two years hosted a party for her in the back of the Pub.  Ham and cheese buns, chili, chips, dips and cake.  They told us that they love Paige and will miss her.  Many of the customers came by with cards and to wish Paige well.  Some even went to the graduation ceremony!

Congratulations Miss Paige!!  Job well done!

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Savannah: Graduation

Our eldest Granddaughter Savannah graduates today with a BA in Business Management.  She said "It only took me six years!"   She plans to concentrate on her Lash Extension business for a while and save up some money before going back to school. 

We met up with her yesterday for a photo shoot and some lunch. 

Savannah smiles! 

 

 

I said "Vannah you should throw your hat in the air!"   She said "okay we could give it a try!" 

Ready set...

Hats off!! 

Congratulations Savannah!  We are very proud of you! 

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Noah: College Graduation

Noah graduated yesterday from the University of North Dakota with a degree in Chemistry with an emphasis on Bio Chemistry.

They had a  Live Stream of Graduation with some speeches and no students present.

These photos appeared on Facebook.

Of course I took a few myself on Friday the day before his official grad day.

Way to go Noah!  We are very proud of you!!

The cake says it all "This shit just got real!"

Noah is seeking employment with his degree in the meantime he has his job at Noodles. 

So it was a busy couple of days at Andy and Jen's home with both boys graduating.

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Adam: High School Graduation

Adam is the last of our grandchildren to graduate from high school.  His Senior photo has been on the line up behind the sofa since Christmas.  This Grandma needed time to adjust to the thought that he would graduate!

I made a sign and we headed off to Drive Through Graduation.  We knew we could stay far enough away from people to be able to go to our daughters backyard for a bit and then go onto graduation.

His parents held a private Graduation Ceremony for him and his brother Noah (more about him tomorrow.) There were speeches and everything and a slide show inside.  They brought the slide show outside so we could watch the past 18 years and 8 months fly by in just a few minutes.

Then it was time to get back in the vehicle and go to Graduation!

Signs pointed the way to Graduate Drive By.

The kids were lined up outside of the school.  There are about 24 kids in Adam's Graduating Class.
The evening air was filled with shouts and laughter, some music, car horns and one irritating sheep bell.

Congratulations Adam, you did it!  We are proud of you! 

There was no time to stop, the cars kept moving.  I took a quick photo! 

This itty bitty little town did a wonderful job recognizing the Class of 2020.

Art work on Adam's parents car

Adam was just 8 days old on September 11, 2001.  It was a scary time then.  Now when he graduates from High School we are in the middle of a Pandemic....and times are scary again.   He will have lots of stories to tell his grandchildren someday.

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Wistful Wednesday : Graduations

55 years ago Far Guy’s sister graduated from High School.

Jan Class of 1963

Ran onto a relative at the cemetery (a non dead relative) who said “It will be Jannie’s birthday soon, wish her a happy birthday!”   We related the well wishes to her as she turned 73 this week…she said “That part of the family always called me Jannie.”

50 years ago on May 29, 1968  Far Guy Graduated from High School.  Note the same table and lamp in both photos.  Cousin Tom’s photo is on the table, he graduated the same year from Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

The plans for his 50th Class Reunion are still in the works.  I don’t get involved.  He has women calling him all the time.  Seems like he is the ring leader and is the only one that really knows what is going on.

Wistful Wednesday : Graduation 1968

The Class of 1968 is having their 50th Reunion in the Fall.  So much planning and problems to sort out…especially if you are a worrier like my husband.  There were 157 graduates that year.  He has found all but two.   I think he has given up on locating them. He would like to contact them all….Dennis M. Bell and Thomas L. Byars where are you?

The “group” think they have a place for the doings. It doesn’t help that some of the female classmates have their own meeting after the meetings…go figure.

My husband has a list of all those who have died…3 were classmates that did not graduate with them but attended school with them for many years and 21 class members that graduated are deceased.

Only three of the seven people in this photo are living…Far Guy smiling…a Cardiologist…and an Optometrist.

I took this photo in the high school auditorium with a little camera called a Polaroid Swinger. Commencement was on May 29th that year at eight o’clock in the evening.

The gowns are a Blue /Grey color.  They were kept downstairs in a room (Civil Defense Shelter) off the hallway that led to the Annex.  You had to go in and be measured with the gown on…as the school wanted them to all be about the same length…not sure why that mattered. Then you selected a hat …one that wasn’t too big or too small…it had to be just right…then you had to sign for everything…and had to take it all to the dry cleaners before returning it. 

The class flower was a yellow rose and their motto was “We are not flowers in a greenhouse but trees in a storm.”

Graduation: Maddie

Our middle Granddaughter graduated yesterday.  She is a Dental Assistant, she begins her internship soon, first with a Dentist and then with an Oral Surgeon.  She will have a busy summer.

Hey Mikey and Maddie

She did switch to a pair of heels, but these boots are more her style.

She told me one day that she would be saving the world one tooth at a time!

Congratulations Maddie!

We were not able to attend the Graduation Ceremony, Influenza B is still bad…the ceremony was in the Sanford Center which holds thousands of people with a million germs.  So we saw her just before the graduation ceremony to congratulate her and give her some hugs.

Paige: The Graduation Party

Sunday afternoon we celebrated Paige’s Graduation.

A huge banner led the way to the party.

In the center of the photo is Paige’s Certificate of Ministry.  She applied for it and got it. She always says “I can marry people now.”

Hockey she was the Captain of her Hockey Team her Senior Year.

St Kate’s Hockey is in her future.

Paige and her brand new nephew Mikey! He seems to be in the spirit of the day giving his Auntie Paige a round of applause!

We are very proud of Paige! 

Oh yes there was lunch.  Several kinds of pasta, a cheese and cracker tray, a fruit tray and cupcakes!